5 NBA FanDuel Value Plays to Target for 2/9/18

Greg Monroe, C, Boston Celtics

FanDuel Price: $3,500
Projected FanDuel Points: 18.6
Projected FanDuel Value: 5.30

In his debut with the Boston Celtics on Thursday, Greg Monroe played a hair under 20 minutes and finished with 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. In other terms, he tallied 20.2 FanDuel points and 1.02 per minute of action. If that's what you get at the bare minimum price tonight you'd be ecstatic. But it might get better.

Tonight, Boston is on the back half of a back-to-back set, and Al Horford played over 34 minutes last night. The Celtics do return home, but in the seven back-to-backs that Horford has played in he's played no more than 33.5 minutes and has been limited to fewer than 33 minutes on three instances -- and that's without the presence of Monroe. You'd imagine that Brad Stevens will keep his minutes down as he looks to integrate Monroe into the rotation.

If that wasn't enough to justify this roll of the dice, the Pacers are 29th against centers, allowing 55.36 FanDuel points per 48 minutes to opposing players. So, until Monroe's price goes up, he's someone you can't ignore.

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